Leonard Carey
Born in London, England, UK — Feb 25 1887• Died Sep 11 1977
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Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) was an English character actor who very often played butlers in Hollywood films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in television during the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his role as the beach hermit, Ben, in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).
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Climax!
Adventures of Superman
The Millionaire
Chester - Butler
Telephone Time
Rebecca
Ben
Strangers on a Train
Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)
Gaslight
Guide (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
Chandler (uncredited)
The King's Thief
Servant (uncredited)
Suspicion
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
Unconquered
London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
Hired Wife
Peterson - Butler
Shanghai Express
Carey (uncredited)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
Flogdell (uncredited)
That Hamilton Woman
Orderly (uncredited)
Angel
Merrily We Go to Hell
Prentice's Butler (uncredited)
Bombshell
Winters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)
The Lady and the Bandit
Jailer
Wife vs. Secretary
Taggart (uncredited)
Moss Rose
Coroner (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
Porter (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever
Hamilton Employee
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Jameson
Call Her Savage
Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)
Kind Lady
Postman
Sally, Irene and Mary
Zorka's Butler
While the City Sleeps
Walter's Butler (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
Concierge (uncredited)
Blond Cheat
Meggs (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
The Police Constable (uncredited)
Here's to Romance
Buttler
Nice Girl?
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Pale Tom (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)
Ann Carver's Profession
Melville, the Butler (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
The Butler (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
This Above All
Policeman with Rector
Stronger Than Desire
Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
Our Little Girl
Brent's Butler
Hold That Kiss
Gibley
The Exile
Cavalier (uncredited)
Double Door
William
Sky Murder
Sutter - Grand's Butler
Thunder in the East
Dr. Paling
Hitting a New High
Jervons
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Ames
King of the Jungle
Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)
Laughter
Benham, Gibson's Butler
A Woman Rebels
Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)
Ginger
Gwynne (uncredited)
In Old Missouri
Haskins
Working Girls
Boyd's Butler (uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
Accent on Love
Flowers
Private Nurse
Smithton - the Butler
Two for Tonight
Mr. Myers' Butler
Bunker Bean
Kent's Butler
The Little Minister
Hendry Munn
Raffles
Bingham's Secretary
Fast and Loose
Craddock
Private Affairs
Casper the Butler
Hold 'Em Yale
Langdonn
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Martin
Slightly French
Wilson (uncredited)
Smarty
Tilford - Tony's Butler
Trouble for Two
Valet (Uncredited)
A Lady's Profession
Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
William - Butler (uncredited)
Tuxedo Junction
Jenkins
The Zero Hour
Butler
This Reckless Age
Braithwaite (uncredited)
His Greatest Gamble
Alfred
Little Miss Nobody
Butler
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Butler
Confirm or Deny
Sidney
The Age of Innocence
The Butler
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Chumley - the Butler
I Sell Anything
Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Butler Phillips
Honor Among Lovers
Forbes (uncredited)
Infernal Machine
Hans
What's Cookin'?
Butler
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Mate Dusty Rhodes
West Point Widow
Simpson
The Avenger
Talbot
Night of Mystery
Lister
Beauty for the Asking
Peters (uncredited)
The Crash
Fair's Butler
Nice Women
Connors, Butler